Faith & Calling | John Giftah | Vivian Williams (Iconic Worship) Interview (Part 2)

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0:41 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta.

0:49 Speaker 2: It's one thing to encounter guard and then you came through this sinisodic view and now you are doing this. So when the Lord asked you to start this ministry or just step into your calling, how did you have the faith to do that?

1:04 Speaker 3: I didn't. I didn't. I didn't do it for I believe right, I believe for me. I was very.

1:12 Speaker 4: Obsessed with the with the word okay, And I remember once it was past even different in a current sermon okay actually written and I don't know how to preach a sermon. I was twelve thirteen years old, written it down on a paper piece of paper, and I wanted to preach it to my family.

1:35 Speaker 3: Okay, but some reason that didn't happen. Mm hmmm. So I always knew there's something.

1:41 Speaker 4: About the Word and God whated me doing And for so many years I had just neglect m once or twice in in some Christian settings, I've preached about God. But yeah, that was about it. I think God waited patiently some time. Then he just forced me into them. Okay, okay, because after my company I'd taken a small sabbatical. Mm and uh, I posted a real imagine. I posted a real It went viral, people asking me to start something in and the fourth I'm like, oh, I'm in ministry. Yeah, and now there's no going back.

2:22 Speaker 4: There's no going back your ministry or administry.

2:26 Speaker 2: So and that was Oh so God had a very unique way of like the way you said there was no going back. I was reminded of how the Shuldn't of Israel moved to the other side of the Red Sea, and the Red Sea parted for them to cross, but once they crossed, it closed there was no going back to correct So the Red Sea literally closed for you is like, you know what your ministry or a preacher guy start preaching, but when it comes to this aspect of faith, right, like you said, I was reminded of how you said that you wrote down a sermon and that's how you started.

2:59 Speaker 2: Like again, I say another similarity. So when I was younger, for me, typically thinking the Bible and reading would lead me to sleeping. Okay, So I had to find a unique way of feeding on God's word. So what I would do is I had to makeshift microphone that my brother made for me, and I would set up all the showcase glasses at different angles so that if I stand in a certain place, I feel like I'm in a Benny hind Crusade like set up. I can see myself in all these big screens and then the television and all of these things.

3:31 Speaker 2: And I would take the Bible and I would act like I'm preaching and I'm studying the web. This is how I did it. So it was like a two in one. You know, God was shaping me as a you know, like preacher and speaker at the same time helping me feed on God's word. It was a very unique way that the Lord was shaping me and in your way also, right, like, in a very unique way, God has led you into that place of having that feed because even the other day when I asked you this question, I know you're planning to go to different countries.

4:05 Speaker 2: And the minute I I think, I asked you about Singapore because I've been there, and I was like, you know, this is a great opportunity for all I in club worn with you guys, and then you said I don't know where I'm going. Then I was like, isn't that like Abraham, right, you have that plan, you have that vision, but you don't know how you're going to execute it. You know, guys, you may be in a place where you're saying, John, I don't have all the details. You don't need to have all the details. You know, you take the first step, and God is going to lead you one step along the way.

4:35 Speaker 2: He's going to take this, He's going to lead you step by step.

4:39 Speaker 3: No.

4:40 Speaker 2: I was reminded of how even in the Book of Genesis, right, God told Abraham I want you to leave the place. But God doesn't tell which is the promised land. And yes, the interesting thing, right, the Bible says he moved, he started moving towards Canaan. And if you see in Hebrews eleven, also his father Terra actually started moving to it's Canaan even before God actually called it as the quote and quote promised land. You see, it was then natural instinct to move towards Canaan. Like it comes down to that place where you know, if it is part of your calling, you can't run from it, Like it's something that's like your natural instinct, you know what I mean.

5:20 Speaker 2: Like, you know, ever since I was younger, I used to write these Scooby Doo stories and all of these things. Nobody put a gun on my head and made me write. But those are the things that like I can't be quiet. I have to do something.

5:32 Speaker 3: You know.

5:33 Speaker 2: That's what translated in me to what I'm doing right now, you know. So likewise, I just challenge you guys that if there are areas in your life that the Lord is worthing something or stirring something and you can't run from it, don't be like Jonah. Right. If God is saying, you know, I want you to go in this direction, go in that direction. If you go in the opposite direction, it will end up in a very bad shape. So do you have anything else that you want to talk about how that faith keeps you going in this.

6:06 Speaker 4: One thing about iconic worship is we run on three things coffee, Uh huh, only spirit and faith. Nice, Okay, So the reason is even you were there in the first iconic word. Yes, you know what happened towards the end, right, I know, I know the people are chasing.

6:24 Speaker 3: Us, chasing us.

6:25 Speaker 4: Yes, they got chasedst iconic worship. So we had it's fida a venue. We went over close to forty to fifty churches in seven days, okay, asking them mere Christians, which is on a worship God together worship God. We didn't know until the end we got a venue, okay, cool. Then next week until Friday evening venue. I think for the first thirty thirty five weeks, it's always a struggle to get you. Every time it does the last day, the last day, the last day, the last day, one day. Roma, We've got a venue on Saturday morning, six thirty five am, and I got it.

7:05 Speaker 4: Worship starts at Salmon and mm hmmm. So and every time we're like, we know we have a place to worship. We don't know where, but we.

7:12 Speaker 3: Know God provide. We know God provide. We keep moving.

7:16 Speaker 4: We had two major events, Freedom Evening and for Christmas Cannivals. So those are the events. It's gonna happen every years. The Freedom Evening also ven we got three days before the event. Oh my goodness, we got people we had to. We went to Church Street by Faith and called people from join the event. For Christmas Carnivals, Charles Ground, we got it like nine days before the event.

7:36 Speaker 3: Oh my goodness. So you know it's all about faith, you know.

7:42 Speaker 4: And when God call out Moses, his answer was here I am, that's all. And he said, when God called out Moses, his answer was just here.

7:57 Speaker 3: I am. Nothing about uh this some excused, this is very instructed.

8:02 Speaker 4: Here I am. Same thing with Abraham. Here I am. When when God asked Isaiah, who will go here? I am, Lord send me. So God cares about where you are. When you say where you are, your willingness to come out of it. So that's about it. Iconic worship is run by a phase. The world tour has going to cost us two million US dollars, Oh my gosh. Okay, and we don't even have like zero point zero zero zero one person of it in the bank and it's it's starting from the day to day, six days from now, the indiator is starting.

8:37 Speaker 4: Okay, and even for the India tour, we don't have the exact amount of money required and just figuring out a few things here and there. And yeah, so God just have once a willingness. Plan is his Yeah, you know, plan belongs to him. When the thing in ministry, especially right is the mindset with what people should have is Lord, you called me your response, not me.

9:03 Speaker 3: That's the arrogant Faid's talking about.

9:05 Speaker 4: Yeah, this is what I tell you God, I today, if we don't have a place to worship, I will put a message or no place to worship.

9:11 Speaker 3: Your name is going to get spoiled hot mine your name.

9:14 Speaker 4: You called me very like, you know, straightforward, God, you called me, You provide.

9:20 Speaker 3: I know you'll provide. You know. That's that arrogant fate, stubborn face they call it. Right.

9:25 Speaker 2: So that's so good, guys, I really encourage you to have that kind of faith. And also if you're let to support this ministry, iconic worship ministry, you can definitely reach out and support in whatever way, whether it's finances or through prayer. I really want you to support them financially. Also, yeah, a lot of things people they say, oh, I'll pray for you, Like, Okay, that's great, but you need that financial thing.

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